The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Digital Library

Gerald Ford's China Visits Main Page

The briefing book contains the following documents to prepare President Gerald Ford for his meeting with Mao. It was digitized from Box 19 of the collection "National Security Adviser. Trip Briefing Books and Cables for President Ford.

• Talking Paper for Your Meeting with Chairman Mao
• Mao Tse-tung's Personal Style and Political Views (Not yet open to research)
• Mao Tse-tung and the Party Debate on a Strategy for China's National Development
• Mao Tse-tung and the Sino-Soviet Dispute
• President Richard Nixon's Conversation with Chairman Mao, February 21, 1972
• Henry Kissinger's Conversation with Chairman Mao, February 17, 1973
• Henry Kissinger's Conversation with Chairman Mao, November 12, 1973
• Henry Kissinger's Conversation with Chairman Mao, October 21, 1975
• Analysis/Highlights of Henry Kissingers's Conversation with Chairman Mao, October 21, 1975